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Sulfa, Sulfite, Sulfate, and Sulfur: True Allergy, Cross-Allergy, or No Allergy

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Written by: John K. Chen, PhD, PharmD, OMD, LAc Reviewed by Tina T. Chen, LAc; Donna Chow Sanchez, LAc; and Anita Chen Marshall, DAOM, PharmD, PhD, LAc Sulfa, sulfite, sulfate, and sulfur are four terms that sound similar but have very different allergy profiles. As healthcare practitioners, it is important to understand these four terms to establish …

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Diagnostic Ashi Points: A Focus on Muscle Motor Points

This article is an excerpt from the soon-to-be-published textbook Sports Medicine Acupuncture: An Integrated Approach to Combining Sports Medicine and Traditional Chinese Medicine. The Chinese term ashi, translated as “that’s the point” or sometimes as another expletive, indicates pain upon palpation of the tissue. Ashi points were first mentioned in the Tang Dynasty text Thousand …

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Moving the Needle

The following is an extract from Jill Blakeway’s new book, Energy Medicine: The Science and Mystery of Healing, published by Harper Collins in April 2019. In 1996, scientists at the Roslin Institute in Edinburgh, Scotland, were keeping a radical project under wraps. Unbeknownst to the rest of the world, including their colleagues in the scientific …

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Yuval Ron: Sound is the Future Medicine

Interview by Kara Johnstad This interview was originally published in the April 2019 OMTimes Magazine and is republished here with permission. I have with me in the studio the world-renowned musician, composer, educator, producer, and peace activist Yuval Ron for a discussion about divine attunement and sound consciousness. Yuval Ron began composing professionally for theater …

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Treat Women’s Diseases with 11.06 Return to the Nest and 11.24 Gynecological Points

By Susan Johnson, LAc, and Eric Renaud, MAc, LAc  Excerpted from: Tung’s Magic Points, Volume One: A Definitive Clinical Guide. Used primarily for women, 11.06 Return to the Nest and 11.24 Gynecological Points are combined to treat all gynecological diseases, such as premenstrual syndrome, menopausal hot flashes and night sweats, infertility, ovarian disease, cyclic migraines, …

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Nominations Open for the 9th Annual Alumni Awards

Get Into the Pacific Symposium for Free! As integrative medicine continues to gain recognition and support, it is imperative that we identify models and best practices, as well as challenges and opportunities for growth in integrative healthcare. Pacific College of Oriental Medicine is working with the Academic Collaborative for Integrative Health to educate our communities about advancements, trends, …

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A brief history and the future (and name) of Pacific College of…

Yesterday In 1986, before many of its current students were born, Pacific College of Oriental Medicine rose from the ashes of the San Diego branch of the California Acupuncture College (CAC). Pacific College offered its first classes in January 1987 to the few dozen students stranded by the demise of CAC. With a couple administrators …

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